Effects of gap thickness and emitter location on the photoluminescence enhancement of monolayer MoS2 in a plasmonic nanoparticle-film coupled system
Open Access
- 1 July 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Nanophotonics
- Vol. 9 (7), 2097-2105
- https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2020-0178
Abstract
Plasmonic nanocavities comprised of metal film-coupled nanoparticles have emerged as a versatile nanophotonic platform benefiting from their ultrasmall mode volume and large Purcell factors. In the weak-coupling regime, the particle-film gap thickness affects the photoluminescence (PL) of quantum emitters sandwiched therein. Here, we investigated the Purcell effect-enhanced PL of monolayer MoS2 inserted in the gap of a gold nanoparticle (AuNP)-alumina (Al2O3)-gold film (Au Film) structure. Under confocal illumination by a 532 nm CW laser, we observed a 7-fold PL peak intensity enhancement for the cavity-sandwiched MoS2 at an optimal Al2O3 thickness of 5 nm, corresponding to a local PL enhancement of similar to 350 by normalizing the actual illumination area to the cavity's effective near-field enhancement area. Full-wave simulations reveal a counter-intuitive fact that radiation enhancement comes from the non-central area of the cavity rather than the cavity center. By scanning an electric dipole across the nanocavity, we obtained an average radiation enhancement factor of about 65 for an Al2O3 spacer thickness of 4 nm, agreeing well with the experimental thickness and indicating further PL enhancement optimization. Our results indicate the importance of configuration optimization, emitter location and excitation condition when using such plasmonic nanocavities to modulate the radiation properties of quantum emitters.Funding Information
- National Key R & D Program of China (2016YFA0301700)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (11774333, 61590932)
- Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (15303718)
- the Anhui Initiative in Quantum Information Technologies (AHY130300)
- the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB24030601)
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